Attended the University of Georgia General in the Confederate Army, wounded repeatedly Served as U.S. Senator, 1873-1880, 1891-1
897 Served as Georgia Governor, 1886-1890 What member of the Bourbon Triumvirate is being described here? A) John B. Gordon B) Henry W. Grady C) Joseph E. Brown D) Alfred H. Colquitt
John B. Gordon (1832 – 1904) was an attorney and a planter and he participated in the American Civil War as a general of the Confederate army. In the postwar era he became a politician. He was elected governor of Georgia in 1886 and remained in office until 1890. Afterwards, he served as US Senator during two different terms: 1873-1880 and 1891-1897.
Together with Joseph E. Brown and Alfred H. Colquitt, John B. Gordon was part of the Bourbon Triumvirate, a denomination that was used to refer to the three most powerful and important politicians in Georgia during and after the Reconstruction era.
